Volume 0120, 1979 World Series of Poker---1980s in Angola
Print Wikipedia is a both a utilitarian visualization of the largest accumulation of human knowledge and a poetic gesture towards the... More > inhuman scale of big data. Michael Mandberg wrote software that parses the entirety of the English-language Wikipedia database and programmatically lays out nearly 7500 volumes, complete with covers, and then uploads them to Lulu.com for print-on-demand. Print Wikipedia draws attention to the sheer size of the encyclopedia's content and the impossibility of rendering Wikipedia as a material object in fixed form: Once a volume is printed it is already out of date. It is also a work of found poetry built on what is likely the largest appropriation ever made. As we become increasingly more dependent on information and source material on the Internet today, Mandiberg explores the accessibility of its vastness.< Less

This book is an introduction to the poker game, emphasizing on the Texas Hold 'em Poker, the betting structure, poker variants, poker strategy and specific poker tournaments.
The popularity of... More > poker (mainly the no-limit Texas hold'em) reached an unprecedented peak in the 2000s. This "poker boom" is attributed to several factors: the invention of online poker, the television broadcast tournaments (with miniature cameras revealing the cards), the presentation of the online poker sites in television commercials, and victory in 2003 of Chris Moneymaker at the World Series of Poker.
Not only the public can now follow the actions of the tournaments on television, turning this game in the sporting spectacle, but it can also be played directly from home. The spread of tournaments such as the World Series of Poker and the World Poker Tour created a strong following among television program providers by cable or satellite.< Less

Eddie Nelson is a professional poker player, testing his skills in Las Vegas at the World Series of Poker for the first time. Unfortunately, he's on the worst run of his life and can't afford his... More > buy-in to the Main Event. Then he meets a shadowy figure called Raphael who offers to back him for a fifty-fifty split of any winnings. But if he loses, he has to play in a private tournament of Raphael's choosing...
Drawing Dead is a tale of poker and vampires by Scott McKenzie, author of One Day in Gitmo Nation, Death by Autopen and Rebirth.< Less

Pick the type of poker site you want to build. You can either design an affiliate poker website or a branded poker software site. An affiliate poker site means that you don't actually own the poker... More > room or the software but you do earn a commission
for referring people to play poker. Most affiliate poker sites setup rankings and reviews of the top poker sites and offer banners and links to download or visit these poker sites. Choose your niche within poker, whether you want to dedicate it to the World Series of Poker, Poker Babes, or a Poker Discussion Forum, you will have to decide what works best for you. To start earning money you will need to sign up with a poker affiliate program. Each poker site has their own affiliate program page. For instance you would go to a poker affiliate program page and register to become a free affiliate. Then within their affiliate program you would be given a special affiliate linking code. This code will tell the program who referred the player to their site.< Less

Lost Vegas: The Redneck Riviera, Existentialist Conversations with Strippers, and the World Series of Poker... Las Vegas lures you to shed moral responsibility and piss away your money on indulgences... More > like decadent food, entertainment, gambling, and sex. If you don't enjoy these pastimes, then what's the point of visiting the land of compromised values? Where else can you get a cheap steak, crash a Mexican wedding, get cold-decked in blackjack by a dealer named Dong, play video poker for thirteen straight hours, drink piña coladas out of a plastic coconut, bum a cigarette from an 85-year-old woman with an oxygen tank, speed away to the Spearmint Rhino in a free limo, get rubbed by a former Miss Teen USA, puke in the back of a cab driven by a retired Navy SEAL, snort cheap cocaine in the bathroom at O'Sheas, and then catch a lucky card on the river to crack pocket aces and win a poker tournament? Only in Las Vegas.< Less

Lost Vegas: The Redneck Riviera, Existentialist Conversations with Strippers, and the World Series of Poker... Las Vegas lures you to shed moral responsibility and piss away your money on indulgences... More > like decadent food, entertainment, gambling, and sex. If you don't enjoy these pastimes, then what's the point of visiting the land of compromised values? Where else can you get a cheap steak, crash a Mexican wedding, get cold-decked in blackjack by a dealer named Dong, play video poker for thirteen straight hours, drink piña coladas out of a plastic coconut, bum a cigarette from an 85-year-old woman with an oxygen tank, speed away to the Spearmint Rhino in a free limo, get rubbed by a former Miss Teen USA, puke in the back of a cab driven by a retired Navy SEAL, snort cheap cocaine in the bathroom at O'Sheas, and then catch a lucky card on the river to crack pocket aces and win a poker tournament? Only in Las Vegas.< Less

A story about an underdog street bum who gambles his way across America, experiencing the underground life while searching for his way home. Rowanoak Red dabbles in women, taverns, fist fights and... More > gambling halls on his way home to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. In the end, he has a choice to make between his home and a shot at the World Series of Poker. This fictional story is rough and gritty, not for the weak hearted!!!< Less

On Facebook, London teen Izzy has a fabulous
life. She has 3,789 friends. More than half of them are boys. Real life is a boring summer alone in London with her dysfunctional family. But add Arthur... More > - the most googled hot young star in the world - and a summons from her wayward father in LA and you've got a series of mortifying YouTube clips, poker parties, twitter madness, anti-girl friends and a bad Hollywood film.
Izzy's about to discover what can happen when your real world and facebook world collide.
Tyne O'Connell is the International Bestselling author of twelve books, including the teen series the Calypso Chronicles. She has worked in film and TV in Los Angeles but currently resides in London.
"Outrageously funny" The Bookseller
"Funny expose of It-girl school life" Elle Girl
"Endearing and energetic expose...crowning O'Connell the latest British teen queen." Kirkus Review, USA< Less

On Facebook, London teen Izzy has a fabulous
life. She has 3,789 friends. More than half of them are boys. Real life is a boring summer alone in London with her dysfunctional family. But add Arthur... More > - the most googled hot young star in the world - and a summons from her wayward father in LA and you've got a series of mortifying YouTube clips, poker parties, twitter madness, anti-girl friends and a bad Hollywood film.
Izzy's about to discover what can happen when your real world and facebook world collide.
Tyne O'Connell is the International Bestselling author of twelve books, including the teen series the Calypso Chronicles. She has worked in film and TV in Los Angeles but currently resides in London.
"Outrageously funny" The Bookseller
"Funny expose of It-girl school life" Elle Girl
"Endearing and energetic expose...crowning O'Connell the latest British teen queen." Kirkus Review, USA< Less

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